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NORTH OF AMERICA:Brothers, Sisters: CD
Itís getting tough for me
to care whether Iíve described this or that emo band as embodying this, that,
or the other quality. Itís getting harder for me to care that so and so said
such and such about a record; usually theyíre wrong and their comments mark
them as an idiot to boot. With that noted, this record Ė and the rest of the records
like it that Iíve reviewed lately Ė will likely define the sound of college
rock in the nothings. Before you react by arguing that I couldnít possibly know
what Iím talking about, Iím well-versed in post-core, having listened to and
sold more of the seminal works in this vein. However, I would rather have
opened that vein up and let every last bit of creative blood drain out, but
thatís an impractical solution for such a geographically dispersed scene. Much
like R.E.M., New Order, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and Depeche Mode created an
entire style of music which could be dismissed with two derisive words (which
could also be desperately held on to as a shred of identity by people who had
nothing else going for them besides fucked up haircuts and worse fashion sense
Ė much like most fans of emo, as it turns out), bands like North Of America
will in turn provide stupid fucking shit-talking assholes with ammunition to
ignore and deride otherwise good music just because it happens to be surrounded
by whatever the fuck this dissonant, angular noise is and other bands that
sound just like them. Someday, weíll look back on this and it will all seem
funny. Until then, Iíll sell this, buy another six pack and listen to Gunmoll
while I wait for them to start playing mid-sized venues to bros of frat boys.
–Puckett (Level Plane)

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